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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 21, 2005 edition of Gurdon Times

Forest Festival queen contest Saturday night
Candidates for the 16th Annual Forest Festival Beauty Pageant have turned in entries, and are ready to confirm the speculation that Gurdon area girls are among the prettiest in the state. The annual Forest Festival Beauty Pageant will be held at 7 p.m. on...
Fountain of Hope helps with Katrina
Efforts continue from the Fountain of Hope Food Bank in Gurdon, not only to serve the needs of the local people, but also to extend the services to hurricane victims in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. A 26,000-pound, 18-foot bobtail truck, arrived at 6:...
Explorers check First State Bank storage
The First State Bank, on Main Street in Gurdon, had a storage room broken into from the ceiling on Friday, Sept. 9, at around 2 a.m. Gurdon City Marshal Don Childres said nothing was taken. The bank alarm did not go off because entry to the bank part of t...
James Neal
James A. (Jim) Neal of Little Rock died Wednesday, September 7. The son of the late Archie C. Neal and Alice Martin Neal, he was born on August 21, 1938, in Gurdon, Arkansas. He received his early schooling there, graduating from Gurdon High School in 195...
Jewell Orsburn
OKOLONA  Jewell White Orsburn, 90, a lifelong resident of Okolona died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005, at Twin Rivers Health and Administration Center in Arkadelphia. She was born Dec. 10, 1914, the fifth of six children to William Levi and Abby Sid White. Sh...
Go-Devils lose to Junction City after three good quarters
Gurdons Go-Devils made a road trip to meet the Dragons from Junction City on Friday night, played three quarters in the victory lane and got snake bit in the fourth quarter, taking a heartbreaking loss, 39-29. The loss puts Gurdon at 1-2 for the season, ...
Go-Devils lose part 2
Eric Major of Junction City made a pass interception and got another touchdown, making it 29-13 Go-Devils. The two-point conversion attempt by Junction City was not good, so the score remained the same. There was 4:13 seconds left in the third period. Du...

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